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	    <span class="header">Summary</span>
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	    <p>Japanese pronunciation is straightforward, but different
        from English in a couple key ways. First, vowels can be extended, which means
        making them last longer in duration. In writing, vowels are extended by writing
        two of the same vowel in a row, or in the case of <i>o</i> and <i>e</i>, adding <i>u</i> and 
        <i>i</i>, respectively. (That is, the extended version of <i>o</i> is <i>ou</i>,
        and the extended version of <i>e</i> is <i>ei</i>.)</p>

        <p>Similarly, consonants can also be doubled, which causes a
        one-beat pause to be inserted before pronouncing the consonant. In writing,
        consonants are doubled by writing two of them in a row. For example, in the
        word <i>gakka</i>, the speaker stops and
        waits for one beat before pronouncing the <i>ka</i>
        sound.</p>

        <p>Although there are a few challenging consonants for English
        speakers, such as the hard <i>r</i> sound,
        on the whole, Japanese pronunciation is easy to understand. </p>

        <p>Now that we can pronounce Japanese, let's learn a thing or
        two about how the writing system works.</p>
        

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